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[blockquote style=”1″][/blockquote] *Issued by Saboi Imboela* *Spokesperson- NDC* Sunday 26th April 2020 – Lusaka THE National Democratic  Congress, NDC, says that the Energy Regulation Board, ERB, should reduce pump prices to help cushion the social effects of COVID-19. The NDC president Dr. Chishimba Kambwili says that fuel pump price reduction and crude oil world over has become a trending phenomenal which should also benefit Zambians. This week’s global oil market prices have reduced following the COVID-19 pandemic encircling economic lockdowns in many countries, coupled with uncertainties within the OPEC agreement. Cuban Crude oil prices had reduced by 69% from $69.58...

Theresa Katongo Public Relations Officer Drug Enforcement Commission THE Drug Enforcement Commission on the Copperbelt has arrested a 56 year-old businessman of Kitwe for being in possession of over $19, 000 United States Dollars counterfeit notes. Fumbelo Westard, 56, a businessman of House No. 10116/2 Garneton East in Kitwe has been arrested for being in possession of $19, 600 United States Dollars counterfeit notes in $100 Dollar bills. The suspect was apprehended at a Zambia National Service checkpoint in Minambe area between Mufulira and Mokambo Border on a taxi coming from Kitwe. Meanwhile, the Commission in Central Province has arrested...

[blockquote style=”1″]*_Do Zambian pupils- students evaporate after an exam? – wonders Lewis Mwape_*[/blockquote] By _Derrick Sinjela_ *FORMER Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) Executive Director Lewis Mwape* is disconcerted over ramifications created by the country’s pyramid education structure seemingly confining learners to destitution and near extinction. *Mr. Mwape* says it is concerning that at primary school level, a lot of children are enrolled but fail to reach or attain tertiary education and qualifications on account of lack of sufficient progression learning spaces. A vexed *Mwape* grieved that it annually puzzled him where learners are pushed to as thousands of pupils...